UVB/heat light

[Harvey the chameleon]

I have a 6 1/2 month old Chameleon and I was wondering, what lighting should I give him each day and each night? I normally keep the white UVB light on all day starting at 6 along with the heat one. I turn the heat one off at about 8 and keep the UVB on. I then turn them both on at 6 again but at night and then turn both of them off 9. Should I leave one in or both? Or what should I do?

 

[brownie64]

I have my light come on at around 9:00am, off at 9:00pm. I don't have any lights at night, and I leave both my UVB, and heat light on all day. Sometimes in the winter they will go to sleep around 8:00pm because it gets dark earlier then. This is what works for me in my area, and climate. I hope this was of some help.

 

[Harvey the chameleon]

I have my light come on at around 9:00am, off at 9:00pm. I don't have any lights at night, and I leave both my UVB, and heat light on all day. Sometimes in the winter they will go to sleep around 8:00pm because it gets dark earlier then. This is what works for me in my area, and climate. I hope this was of some help.

Yes, I live in Kamas, Utah and it cold in the winter (for him at least) (winter - (60- -20) is the coldest and hottest) it will get .

 

[brownie64]

20 is a little cold they can tolerate fairly cold temps, but when it drops down to 20 if it were me I would use a heat admitting ceramic heater. that way still no light to disturb him. I would try to keep it up to about 50 degrease at night doesn't need to be much higher they benefit from a cool down at night anyways.

 

[Carlton]

Yes, I live in Kamas, Utah and it cold in the winter (for him at least) (winter - (60- -20) is the coldest and hottest) it will get .

The temps that matter most are the INDOOR temps, not outdoors (assuming you are keeping indoors). Chams benefit from a temp drop of about 10 degrees from day to night. If the room you will have the cage in won't get colder than 55 F at night you don't need any cage heat. An occasional cooler night won't hurt them if they can bask to warm up again the next morning.

 

[brownie64]

The temps that matter most are the INDOOR temps, not outdoors (assuming you are keeping indoors). Chams benefit from a temp drop of about 10 degrees from day to night. If the room you will have the cage in won't get colder than 55 F at night you don't need any cage heat. An occasional cooler night won't hurt them if they can bask to warm up again the next morning.

Yes I agree with @Carlton. I thought you were talking about the temps you were keeping your cham in. Sorry about the confusion.